You have a manual, right? I notice that BMW quotes the 116i manual's 0-100 as 8.5 as you've said, but the auto as 8.7. Funny enough, with the 118i, the manual is 7.4 and auto 7.2, and for the M135i 5.1 vs 4.9.

I wonder why the 116i is the only one where the auto box is slower?

I'll do a test run sometime this week, even though my shifting sucks IMHO. How did you do the timing?

I will post the results. I did the timing by recording a sound file. I make a sound to mark the start, and use my computer to figure out what the RPM is based on sound frequency. Since I know the gear ratios, I can tell exactly when I hit 100 in the sound file. I'd say it is accurate to within +- 1/10 second.

The M Power app is not running on my dated Nokia with Symbian operating system. The built in GPS antenna is too slow as well for some other available apps (Racechrono). With a 5 Hz external antenna, it would probably work well.

About the future 0-100 video, it seems to have a very short second gear. The 116i does 105 km/h in second, while this powerful car runs out of revs at 90?

The guy that put it on reckons he'll be able to map it to 200 bhp without any further mods, he's looking into it at the moment as BMW have locked down the ECU's so it may not be possible to get into it to map it

The peak figures on the 116i don't seem that great but when you have a look at the power and torque "curves" it's easy to see why they feel so strong on the road.
Maximum torque is available at any point between 1350rpm and 4300rpm. The engine is producing maximum power by 4400 rpm and keeps producing maximum power until 6500rpm.

The 116i and 118i are exactly the same engine, the 116i has a slightly different exhaust front section but the ECU is basically capping the power lower.

If you want to look at the curves for the 116i have a look through the 1 Series 3 door f21 press release, page 33.

You have a manual, right? I notice that BMW quotes the 116i manual's 0-100 as 8.5 as you've said, but the auto as 8.7. Funny enough, with the 118i, the manual is 7.4 and auto 7.2, and for the M135i 5.1 vs 4.9.

I wonder why the 116i is the only one where the auto box is slower??

The 116i manual has taller gearing than the 118i and can reach 62mph with only one gear change.

If you do a comparison on this site http://www.automobile-catalog.com/ it shows the auto as being quicker to 65mph as by that speed the manual has made another gear change.
The 118i and all the diesels need two gear changes to 62mph so are slower than the auto.

I've had the car from new and it has only done 2500 miles, so I was really happy with the result. It's no overly scientific as I wasn't able to take an average in two directions, but I think it was a fair run.

I've had the car from new and it has only done 2500 miles, so I was really happy with the result. It's no overly scientific as I wasn't able to take an average in two directions, but I think it was a fair run.

Obd data is not gps data. Hence its not correct. You can add a few tenths to your obd time for real 100kph gps speed